Becca Ward coming to NC (Duke)?

[piste off]

Originally Posted by bigdawg2121

No no, he was just answering a popular riddle: "what do you get from a Dook education?"

$120,000 poorer, robbed of your sense of humor, and overloaded enough with NJ culture to become convinced that Texas is the end all be all of the Union....


BonusPoints for the first to catch on to the subtle irony there.

If you say Texas is the end all and be all, you have a great sense of humor.

And just what the heck is "NJ culture?"

R-

[Delta]

Originally Posted by mrbiggs

You say that tournaments are all, at best, C-level and have poor turnout, then you ask why collegiate fencers don't go. Why would they take time and pay money to go to a (at best) C-level tournament with poor turnout?

My point exactly. They don't.

[Phrogger]

Originally Posted by Delta

My point exactly. They don't.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. There are plenty of strong fencers here, but since they don't show up to local tournaments, they can't fence the other strong fencers. Catch-22.

My other suspicion is that they don't like being beaten. A couple of Tarheels showed up in Wilmington two years ago and barely put up a fight, going down in their first DE.

Let the trash talking begin.

[bigdawg2121]

I believe NJ culture involves a lot of muscle milk and learning how to be in the zone chief (youtube, it's worth it)

Parties at Dook tend to be less entertaining than studying (unless boring, well lit gatherings with no music)

Also, there's no need to trash talk wrt local events. Collegiate fencers tend to fence less after the season and fence at local tournaments that are near them. Most events in the triangle area at the beginning of any semester are between B1 and A2. Most of the strong fencers come to those. A combination of factors contributes to poor attendance elsewhere/at other times. Not all of them are on the fencers either. Also, trying to throw down a gauntlet based on guys that went to a tournament at the beach is silly . Let's replace "scared of losing" with "scared of missing prime surfing/beach bunny hunting times"

[dekko]

Originally Posted by piste off

And just what the heck is "NJ culture?"

R-

Lots of gold chains, Z28s everywhere, fighting over parking spots at the jersey shore, fogetaboutit, getting lost going to the Willowbrook Mall, becoming familiar with a Jug Handle, which exit off the turnpike does someone live(or is it Hwy 73), being around lots of guys named Anthony(or Tony, Tone, or T), to name a few, let me know if you need more.

[Padawan]

Provided the correct people make the eight our labor day tournament is a B2 for epee and sabre in Charlotte.

[HDG]

Originally Posted by piste off

And just what the heck is "NJ culture?"

Clerks

[mrbiggs]

Originally Posted by Delta

My point exactly. They don't.

My point is that they have absolutely no incentive to. If tournaments around here were C tournaments if I was lucky, there's almost no chance I would go. (And NCAA fencers are already dedicating much more time to fencing than I am during the school year.) Even with a car, it's a fair amount of money to get to the tournament, plus registration costs, plus the cost of missing most of a weekend day that could have been spent studying--which are fairly rare for some NCAA fencers.

Some of the best fencers in the country live within 10 miles of where I'm typing this right now, but I've never seen any of them at local tournaments. This is because I suck and they have no reason to go to these tournaments to fence me, not because they're lazy or scared of losing. If I was in their position, I wouldn't go to local tournaments either.

And actually, looking over some of the results, local NCAA fencers do come to some tournaments in North Carolina, so they're putting in some effort. Probably more than I would put in.

[sheck]

Originally Posted by bigdawg2121

Parties at Dook tend to be less entertaining than studying (unless boring, well lit gatherings with no music)

http://www.truthaboutduke.com/shop_dis.php?photoid=37

[dekko]

Originally Posted by bigdawg2121

Parties at Dook tend to be less entertaining than studying (unless boring, well lit gatherings with no music)

Actually, next time you see him ask Jon Moss about "Party on the 8th". Don't know if the pics still exist but it seemed they had more fun than studying.

[Mo]

Originally Posted by whtouche

Not that I have a dog in this fight, but this is hilarious: (and contains some potentially offensive language, be ye warned)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYOgC2Qbqh4

Very offensive language but they are putting a lot of effort into telling Duke they suck. Hmmmm
Interesting... I am sure this has been going on for years.
FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Momster

[bigdawg2121]

M'eh, if pictures are how we guage things I've had subdued Tuesday nights that outdo many people's great parties but really, experience tells me what I need to know...

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by dekko

Actually, next time you see him ask Jon Moss about "Party on the 8th". Don't know if the pics still exist but it seemed they had more fun than studying.

That party wasn't at Duke...

it was at Jon's house!

-m

[yeoldearmourer]

Mo without ED, Becca would not be were she is with women sabre.I had a coach in Portland tell me he could make kids maybe city or divison champion. But to make them internation champion you need to have ED coach them. I think you would be happy with want she had done this year. A coach can go so far with the student must take what she has learn and used on the strip. Personal if I was Ed I be throwing a big party that your leaving. Thank God she leaving the Section

[Phincer]

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

Mo without ED, Becca would not be were she is with women sabre.I had a coach in Portland tell me he could make kids maybe city or divison champion. But to make them internation champion you need to have ED coach them. I think you would be happy with want she had done this year. A coach can go so far with the student must take what she has learn and used on the strip. Personal if I was Ed I be throwing a big party that your leaving. Thank God she leaving the Section

C'mon. Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

[Inquartata]

We all have our opinions, but none of us have the same up-close inside perspective of that club that Mo has had...or that Ed has had. Probably neither one of them are 100% right, and the truth of things lies in between somewhere. Why it needs constantly to be aired in public is what I do not understand.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

I had a coach in Portland tell me he could make kids maybe city or divison champion. But to make them internation champion you need to have ED coach them.

Actually, it seems like Sada has proven that you don't need to have Ed coach you to do well.

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

Thank God she leaving the Section

As much as I agree that there are two sides to every story, you lost anything that might be called the moral high ground with that one.

Futhermore, as much as some people may disagree with Mo's conduct on the boards... separate Mo's behavior from Becca's. It's only fair to both of them.

[Mo]

Originally Posted by yeoldearmourer

Mo without ED, Becca would not be were she is with women sabre.I had a coach in Portland tell me he could make kids maybe city or divison champion. But to make them internation champion you need to have ED coach them. I think you would be happy with want she had done this year. A coach can go so far with the student must take what she has learn and used on the strip. Personal if I was Ed I be throwing a big party that your leaving. Thank God she leaving the Section

Tim,
You are so kind, Thanks for your thoughtfullness and understanding.
:::Giggles::::
The Momster

[noodle]

mo, that first one was much more interesting

[fencerbill]

Methinks someone changed their post. However, both were e-mailed to the other posters.